Question

Using simple products in magento I Wish to copy a attributeset from one installation to a new one I’m setting up now. Is there a easier way than just recreate the set from the magento backend?

Answer 1

There is no simple, built-in mechanism for copying attribute/attribute-sets between installations in Magento. If it is too much work to copy manually, take a look at copying the tables that underly the attribute/sets themselves. A (possibly not exhaustive) list would be:

catalog_eav_attribute
eav_attribute
eav_attribute_set

You may have to reset your catalog (and lose anything that is in the target catalog) to use this method. Make sure to refresh indices and cache.

Another approach you could take would be to recreate the attributes programmatically (adding them as new attributes), but this will also be significant labor. Take a look at some of the tutorials on adding new attributes with a module installation for some code reference.

Hope that helps!

Thanks,
Joe